One of the most convincing explanations papers generally provide concerning clusters in knowledge-based economies … stability. These parameters relate to the type of decision externalities among more or less cognitively distant firms, which … influences the weight and the resulting ambivalent role of knowledge spillovers at the aggregate level of clusters. We suggest …

clusters. Other types of socio-economic proximities characterize clusters, and our purpose is to show that, among the several … ways to analyze the complex links between proximities and clusters, the theoretical outlook on the role played by mimetic … and have a strong influence of the “evolutionary stability” of clusters. All these theoretical considerations are …

optimal-policy perspective recommends providing a subsidy to firms of clusters generating externalities, while Porter …’s prescriptions recommend not choosing among clusters. So, we state that cluster policy is involved in a paradox: policy makers use …

In the contemporary globalising knowledge-based economies, local clusters have become crucial elements of regional … raising importance of the theoretical debate on clusters, there is a substantial lack of empirical support of its precise … magnitude and evolution. Moreover, the majority of literature surveys on clusters are exclusively qualitative-based. Aiming at …

Although the literature on the evolution of industrial clusters is not vast, a preferred approach has already become … research agenda into the evolution of clusters. …